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Doing Business 2010
4 Reforms making it easier to do business 8 Reforms making it more difficult to do business
DOMINICA Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
83 38 5 14 22.6 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
25 13 182 11.3
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
80 11 13 20 15 58
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
86 107 8 19 17.3 0.0
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
92 17 214 131.6
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
97 44 20 0 21 88
ECUADOR Ease of doing business (rank) Starting a business (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita) Minimum capital (% of income per capita)
138 163 13 64 37.7 10.6
Dealing with construction permits (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
86 19 155 230.6
Employing workers (rank) Difficulty of hiring index (0-100) Rigidity of hours index (0-100) Difficulty of redundancy index (0-100) Rigidity of employment index (0-100) Redundancy cost (weeks of salary)
160 44 40 30 38 135
Latin America & Caribbean
GNI per capita (US$)
4,767
Upper middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
0.1 86 7 13 1,297 8 15 1,310
113 5 42 13.7
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
71 9 0 0.0 0.0
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
27 4 8 7 6.3
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim) Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
167 47 681 36.0 183 No practice No practice
0.0
68 38 120 37.0
Latin America & Caribbean
GNI per capita (US$)
4,392
Upper middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
112 7 60 3.7
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
71 3 6 29.7 46.1
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
9.8 36 6 9 916 7 10 1,150
4 Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10) Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
57 5 4 8 5.7
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
86 34 460 40.9
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
146 3.5 38 8.9
70 9 324 39.0
Latin America & Caribbean
GNI per capita (US$)
3,643
Lower middle income Registering property (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
Population (m) Trading across borders (rank) Documents to export (number) Time to export (days) Cost to export (US$ per container) Documents to import (number) Time to import (days) Cost to import (US$ per container)
13.5 125 9 20 1,345 7 29 1,332
69 9 16 2.1
Getting credit (rank) Strength of legal rights index (0-10) Depth of credit information index (0-6) Public registry coverage (% of adults) Private bureau coverage (% of adults)
87 3 5 37.2 46.0
Protecting investors (rank) Extent of disclosure index (0-10) Extent of director liability index (0-10) Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) Strength of investor protection index (0-10)
132 1 5 6 4.0
Paying taxes (rank) Payments (number per year) Time (hours per year) Total tax rate (% of profit)
77 8 600 34.9
Enforcing contracts (rank) Procedures (number) Time (days) Cost (% of claim)
101 39 588 27.2
Closing a business (rank) Time (years) Cost (% of estate) Recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
134 5.3 18 16.1